Federal Employees on Probation Do Not Have to Be Fired, OPM Says
The OPM framed the severance offer from President Trump and his administration as "administrative leave with pay and benefits ...
The Trump administration has fired thousands of probationary employees across multiple federal agencies
Thousands of federal workers across multiple US agencies, from the Small Business Administration to the Forest Service, were ...
Federal Employees Rush to Join Union as Trump Cuts Jobs
President Donald Trump's aggressive efforts to shrink the federal workforce have triggered widespread anxiety among ...
Thousands fired in President Trump, Musk federal government purge
Thousands of probationary employees in the civilian workforce are at risk of losing their jobs as President Donald Trump and ...
Trump, Musk’s latest moves to shrink the federal workforce explained
President Trump and right-hand man Elon Musk have rolled out a series of moves to cull the federal workforce, forging ahead ...
Here's a list of federal agencies that laid off probationary employees
75,000 federal employees have resigned from the federal government ...
What Trump-supporting federal workers think of his blitz of moves to shake up the government
President Donald Trump's plans to slash the federal workforce are underway. BI spoke to four federal workers who voted for ...
Trump to federal employees on ‘fork in the road’: Quit now and collect eight months’ pay for nothing
Almost all civil servants can opt to resign now and get paid through September without showing up for work—but Senator Tim ...
Federal employee layoffs begin at Education Department as DOGE tries to shrink government
The Education Department made department-wide cuts on Wednesday, including in its civil rights office, according to multiple sources familiar with the move, a day after President Trump said he'd like ...
Judge clears path for Trump to buy out 75,000 federal employees
A federal judge has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to move forward with plans to trim the federal workforce ...
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The history of federal employee buyouts, and why the deferred resignation offer is different
"What Trump and Elon Musk are testing ... They're testing the power of the President to overturn the will of Congress," said Elaine Kamarck.
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Trump and Musk are firing federal workers en masse. Efficiency isn't the goal.
On Thursday, the Trump administration pivoted to a new tack: mass firings of probationary workers. Given that there are an estimated 200,000 federal workers on probationary status, that approach could ...